Tim Gunn Admits He Was 'Devastated' at First to Not Get Asked Back for 'Project Runway'

Tim Gunn is looking back at his time on Project Runway.

Last year when it was announced that Heidi Klum was returning to host the fashion competition series, Tim, 72, revealed that he was not asked back to mentor the contestants.

During an interview on Chelsea Handler‘s podcast Dear Chelsea, Tim got “perfectly transparent” about not being asked to return to the show.

Keep reading to find out more…“I wasn’t invited to return to the party,” he shared. “My agent called the producers to say, ‘We understand Heidi signed up. We haven’t heard a thing about Tim,’ and they said, ‘We don’t want him.’”

Tim admitted the new was “devastating at first,” but “things happen for a reason.”

“I feel extremely lucky to have had 19 seasons of the show, 16 with Heidi, and I have a beautiful Emmy sitting on my kitchen counter,” he said. “Yeah, so no complaints. I feel very, very, very lucky.”

Find out why Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn originally left Project Runway.